The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-17
LOUISVILLE WRECKED
BY swapping Cyclone Of Few Minutes
DaratlOn.
Buildings UnrOofed and small Structures
Blow From Their Foundations
Damsge TO the Catholic
Church.

COmDll 40hu Will lake q IOrLnlglL 10 re-
pair. The DEMOCRAT detailed reporter
to visit the town and get particulars of
the damage done.
The first place visited was building
owned by Mr.. Anthony Myers, on the
Main street, and occupied by him as q
residence and saloon, and by Julius
Thurin as dry goods store. The build.
ing Is thirty feet front by seventy.llVe
feet deep and is two stories
high. Before the storm 1t was
covered by tin roof. which was blown
off In three sections. One part fell In
the alley Just east, and did no damage to
other property; the other two sections
were blown east, one landing In the
yard Of Mr.. Friday, who was greatly
terTih for few moments. He yet feels
the nervousness Of his fright. The other
section-about 0ne-half of the entire
rOOf-was carried about
TWO HUNDRED FEET IN THE ALB,
On top and against two story building,
adjoining on the rear q man building,
occupied Dy Mrs. Clark as a bakery and
confee ioneTy. From there 1t fell into
Mr. Keim's yard. Mrs. Clark's rear
building was very much damag
ed; part Of the roof was torn
off, ard q hole measuring about
one and l-half feet square punctUred In
the side. The debris from this pune
ture fell on bed, from which, fOrtu-
nately, the occupant had arisen only a
little while before. The bed was entire.
ly covered and demolished by the bricks
and mortar.
The ceilings Of the Myers building
we're drenohed by the rain and the dam
age to this building was great.
The DEMOCRAT next visited the Cath0-
lie school, from which the ii roof was
blGwn, and the Catholic church and
cemetery The slate roof of the church
is badly damaged, the slate being blown
nOTtt Istwardly, Gn the south side of
the rJOf, near tower, at front entrance.
IL space cleared OF the slate covering
about ten feet square. On the north
side Of the roof two crooks are percepti-
BILE nearly the entire length of the roof
from east to west. The one nearest the
comb Is the worst, and
THE RAFTERs PRoTRUDE
And are raised from their position from
four to eight Inches.
The church structure occupies q COM
manding position on the side OF hill,
whtre the storm had full sweep at 1t.
For years past this building has suffer
ed every time q storm swept the town.
The clements are no respect0r5 OF per-
sons; If they were the living could wish
their rude planks would leave lnvi0late
the graves Of the dead. In the burial
ground the monuments are lying pros.
trate on the ground In the utmost pro-
fusion. Many of them are broken, some
Of them beyond repair.
The Carpenter Hosiery Company have
also suffered. The fine high smoke
stack Is prone on the ground and the
building and thrown very much out Of
true.
The BOnnot Agricultural Works had
part of the roof and wall blown down
and the interior drenched with rain.
One Of the most remarkable, and Da.
kota like incidents Of the cyclone, was
that 1t removed from Its foundations q
frame stable about 20x30 feet In eliza
and 1t Is now standing about thirty feet
from It's original place. There were In
the stable at the time two horses, mel
ther Of which was hurt. several carts, a
| quantity Of hay In the loft, and utensils
Of various descriptions and Of heavy
nature. This stable Ia the property OF
X. N. LandOn, briCkmaker. A great
MANY SLIGHT DAMAGES
We're sustained all over the town, such
as chimleys blown from private resi-
dences, shutters carried away and win
dows brOken and fences blown down.
The residence Of Simon Flickinger
proprietor of the Louisville Star Mills,
was damaged by loss Of the tin roof Gov
ering, and Is now rapidly being re-
paired.
The storm came from the northwest
and followed the valley OF the Mimi
shillen.
A curious feature Of the storm was
that while Its main direction was
toward tie northeast, and most OF the
debris was carried In that direction,
some Outbuildings and debris were car.
ried In a directly opposite direction,
notably an 0uth0use on Rev. Leberman's
premises which was carried in west
erly direction; also q chimney CAP
weighing about q hundred pounds from
the building Of Anthony Myers, which
was carried west some ten feet and
DROPPED THROUGH THE ROOF
And ceiling of the post office building,
breaking through the counter In which
1t lodged. A number Of people were In
the building at the time, but none were
tDjared.
No damage Is reported from the coun.
| try and there Is no loss OF life or bodily
mi Try from the storm.
Immediately after the storm w0rkmen
bravely set to work In q drench1ng rain
to repair the damage. One Of the work
men while 80 engaged fell and seriously
hurt himself.
The damage to property is estimated
at between $1,000 and $4,000.
NOTES.
A number of horses, standing on the
street at the time, broke loose and ran
away; no damage.
Acurious feature of the storm is that
while the Catholic church Is very badly
damaged, the College building, almost
directly opposite, escaped entirely.
Immediately following the wake Of
the storm was the alarm Of fire. The
Pointer homestead was discovered on fire
but was Immediately extinguished,
without serious loss.
Miss Thurin, while on the street, was
overtaken by the storm when within a
| few fee of her destination, and was al
most blown away. She succeeded In
catching hold of an Indian, which she
hing 1ed with all her might. IL was
| ,,,oCdau Tndion and Ia mona tho WORSE